Then came a slice and good large help of tripe.

And Antiphanes, in his Marriage, says—

Having cut out a piece of the middle of the tripe.

[[158]] 48. And as for feet, and ears, and even noses of beasts, they are all mentioned by Alexis, in his Crateua or the Physic-seller. And I will adduce a slight proof of that presently, which contains a good many of the names about which we are inquiring. Theophilus says, in his Pancratiast—

A.There are here near three minas' weight of meat
Well boiled.
B.What next?
A.There is a calf's nose, and
A heel of bacon, and four large pig's-feet.
B.A noble dish, by Hercules!
A.And three calves-feet.

And Anaxilas says, in his Cooks—

A.I would much rather roast a little fish,
Than here repeat whole plays of Æschylus.
B.What do you mean by little fish? Do you intend
To treat your friends as invalids? 'Twere better
To boil the extremities of eatable animals,
Their feet and noses.

And Anaxilas says, in the Circe—

For having an unseemly snout of pig,
My dear Cinesias.

And in the Calypso—